VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-8287

HIGH 7.5EPSS 16.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way the scripting engine handles objects in memory in Microsoft browsers, aka "Scripting Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability." This affects ChakraCore, Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer 10. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-8242, CVE-2018-8283, CVE-2018-8288, CVE-2018-8291, CVE-2018-8296, CVE-2018-8298.

CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 16.33% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-787
Affected: microsoft/internet explorer · microsoft/edge · microsoft/chakracore
Source: secure@microsoft.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 16.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104634Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041256Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041258Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8287Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104634Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041256Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041258Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8287Patch, Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.